Scientists at CERN's Large Hadron Collider successfully transformed lead into gold atoms, achieving an ancient alchemist dream through modern physics.
  • oce 🐆English
    153·
    2 个月前

    And for 1000000 times the cost of normal extraction probably.

    • Beacon@fedia.io
      171·
      2 个月前

      The goal isn’t to come up with an economical way to produce gold. Read the last 2 paragraphs

    • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      2 个月前

      To be fair, we could probably do a lot better if we purpose-built a machine to make gold. And Pb->Au isn’t even likely the most ideal path. That was only chosen to fulfill the ancient alchemy dreams.